Contact Cymru celebrates project launch with event in Wrexham

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Friday 17 January 2025

Tags: wales, contact cymru, building resilience, project


Mayor of Wrexham, Councillor Beryl Blackmore, presenting our Wales team with the £498,000 award from The National Lottery Community Fund/ Cronfa Gymunedol y Loteri Genedlaetholy, which is funding the Building Resilience programme.

Mayor of Wrexham, Councillor Beryl Blackmore, presenting our Wales team with the £498,000 award from The National Lottery Community Fund/ Cronfa Gymunedol y Loteri Genedlaetholy, which is funding the Building Resilience programme.


Last month, the Contact Cymru team held a special event in Wrexham to celebrate the early successes of the Building Resilience programme.

The three-year project aims to support over 10,000 families across Wales through online and face-to-face services, workshops and events. The project is funded by the National Lottery Community Fund.

The celebration brought together parents, carers, volunteers, professionals and community leaders, including the Mayor of Wrexham, to reflect on the progress made so far and raise awareness of Contact’s work in Wales. There was also plenty of Christmas fun involved, with games, costumes and a very entertaining reverse raffle!

Addressing the room, Wales Manager, Katherine Wyke, talked about the project’s positive impact to date, with over 20 workshops and drop-in services already delivered. Guests also heard from Contact’s parent volunteer guest speakers. They inspired and moved everyone with stories about the challenges faced by families with disabled and additional needs children.

The Mayor of Wrexham, Councillor Beryl Blackmore, spoke about her background in education and working with children with additional needs. She commended the project, calling services like Contact Cymru’s “vital” in providing much-needed support and guidance for families across Wales.